хувь
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *kubï, perhaps from sparsely attested Proto-Common Turkic *kïb.
Compare Mangghuer khobi (“luck”).
Pronunciation
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /xʊwʲ/, [χɵw̜ʲ]
Noun
хувь • (xuvʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠪᠢ (qubi)); (regular declension)
- part, share, lot
- (part of the) inheritance
- (finance) stock, share
- rate
- гэмт хэргийн гаралтын хувь
- gemt xergiin garaltyn xuvʹ
- crime rate
- (arithmetic) part, portion
- (time, trigonometry) minute
- Synonym: минут (minut)
- fate, destiny, luck
- Synonyms: тавилан (tavilan), аз (az), заяа (zajaa)
- one's own business, privacy
- copy, issue
Derived terms
- хувь сар (xuvʹ sar, “tenth month in the Mongolian calendar”)
- хувиар (xuviar), хувьд (xuvʹd, “as concerns, -wise”)
- хувийн (xuviin, “private, individual”)
- хувиа хичээх (xuvia xičeex, “to be selfish”)